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NA-NA, NA-NA, BOO-BOO, THE ACCURACY OF YOUR PHILOSOPHICAL BELIEFS IS DOO-DOO

Abstract

The paper argues that adopting a form of skepticism, Skeptical-Dogmatism, that recommends disbelieving each philosophical position in many multi-proposition disputes- disputes where there are three or more contrary philosophical views-leads to a higher ratio of true to false beliefs than the ratio of the “average philosopher” (as indicated by survey data). Hence, Skeptical-Dogmatists have more accurate beliefs than the average philosopher. As a corollary, most philosophers would improve the accuracy of their beliefs if they adopted Skeptical-Dogmatism.

Keywords:
Accuracy; Skeptical-Dogmatism

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